The Model of Strategic Monitoring for the Implementation of General Policies

The purpose of this study is to design a model for strategic monitoring of general policies implementation in Islamic Republic of Iran. The study takes a practical aim and uses exploratory research design. After putting forth the theoretical framework, the model was designed through interview (qualitative data) and questionnaire (quantitative data) taken from 62 experts in the area of policy making and governing. The data were, then, analyzed through structural equation modeling. The suggested model consists of ten aspects: monitoring the designed general policies, monitoring the notions of designing general policies, monitoring the path of general policies implementation, monitoring the grounds for general policies implementation, monitoring the requirements for general policies implementation, monitoring the supreme leader's notions on general policies implementation, monitoring the features of executives in general policies implementation, monitoring the sources and influential environmental aspects of general policies implementation, monitoring the achievements of general policies implementation, and processes, cautions, and requirements of monitoring general policies implementation. Each of these aspects consists of subcategories, i.e. 53 categories and 110 subcategories.